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Remembering a Full Warrior
Cousin tells his story In My Opinion - P. 4
In Honor of native Ainerirun Trackers
Weekly series on Native American teachers - P. 11
Wolves liomleil 1st loss in semi-finals
Girls basketball teams head to districts Photos & Brackets - 2nd Section
BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID, POPLAR,
MT 59255 Permit No'. 6
50C
Wo tan in Wowapi
November �2.1998
Poplar, Montana - Fort Peck Reservation
Vol.29 NO. 44
Ninth Circuit Court: tribes cannot enforce tribal preference
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that "tribal preference" - not "Indian preference - violates Title VII of the Indian Civil Rights Act, according to information provided to the Tribal Executive Board.
On Sept. 14, the Ninth Circuit Court ruled in a case that originated on the Navajo Reservation that tribal preference is against the law, except in 93-638 federal contracts administered by tribes. "Indian preference is still there, but not tribal preference under the ruling," said Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board member Caleb Shields.
1st major winter storm hits
Tribal preference is "another form of discrimination against particular groups of Indians."
The defendant in the case has petitioned for a rehearing, so the court may reconsider the ruling. Additionally, the Navajo Nation is filing a "friend of the court" brief in support of the rehearing. The Fort Peck Tribes' Executive Board is also considering supporting a rehearing.
In the case, the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, which owns and operates a
generating station on the Navajo Reservation, denied an interview to a Hopi tribal member. The company's lease requires they grant employment preference to Navajos living on the reservation. The Hopi filed a complaint against the company that they engaged in "national origin" discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights
(Tribal - Page 12)
area
The first major winter storm of the season dropped up to 4-6 inches of snow on the east
end of the reservation and enough ice to send cars into ditches.
The storm, which hit the area Monday, blasted into North Dakota on Wednesday, knocking down power lines and closing schools, offices and business for several days.
But northeastern Montana was only hit by the edge of the storm, enough to slow traffic and business for a day.
Warmer weather will move into the area by Friday and mmay melt most of the snow that fell in the past week, said Ruth Ebert, a meteorologist
(Storm - Page 12)
Neither cold nor snow could prevent this young lad from clearing the walkway as the reservation experienced it's first bout with La Nina's devastating blow.
SBTC earns 2nd consecutive 3-year national accreditation
The staff at Spotted Bull Treatment Center received a letter of congratulations from Montana Gov. Marc Racicot and the Billings Area Indian Health Service after the center received accreditation once again from a national agency.
This month, Spotted Bull was awarded its second consecutive three-year accreditation from CARF, an agency which evaluates treatment centers across the
country.
The accrediation is good through the year 2001, said Director Karen Duboise.
"It had to be all of us working together or else we wouldn't have attained this," said Duboise, head of the center since 1990.
The grueling accrediation process came to a peak Aug. 18 and 19, when CARF evaluators visited the center and its 25 employees in
Poplar.
"This wasn't just a drop in the hat," Duboise said of the accreditation. "A lot of hard work went into this. They (evaluators) looked especially at the safety area we provide and the quality of care we provide. That played a major role," she added.
The governor's letter came in the mail last week and
(SBTC - Page 12)
3 recommend by Commission as cops
The Tribes 3-member Police Commission selected 3 tribal officers who will be hired if they pass the final two hurdles - a drug test and a phycholo-gical exam.
Selected for the final round were Antoinette Shields, Poplar, and Cvnthia Barr and Warren Weston, both of Wolf Point. They were determined to be the best qualified, said Public Safety director Abe Greybear to the Tribal Executive Board's Law & Justice Committee this week.
There were 47 applicants for
4 vacancies on the Tribes' police force, which were narrowed down to 11 by the commission. No names were looked at, only qualifications until the 11 were selected, said Greybear. Letters were sent to the final 11 for oral interviews, and only 5 showed up, he said. Besides the interview, they also went through a 3-hour orientation on firearms, presented by Captain Dale Headdress, and all of them passed.
We now want to look at new applicants before the fourth
vacancy is filled, said Greybear. The police officer positions are continuously advertised to keep a pool of applicants ready.
It was noted that two of those selected - Barr and Weston - were non-tribal members, but they do support tribal families. Barr showed up for the 4 hour test scheduled in Brockton that the tribal police were opposed to taking, and she passed it, said Greybear.
(Cops - Page 2)
In honor of Veterans Day a feed was hosted by the Nathan Crazy Bull Post 54 Ladies Auxiliary. Veterans Chuck Eagleman, Larry Youngman and Kenny Shields were among those who attended and participated in the day's events. For more photos see page 3.
Council Highlights -
TEB supports Alternative Education pilot project
\y Bonnie Red Elk Wotanin Editor
The Tribal Executive Board
ent on record 9-0 to support , pilot project proposed by the Peylar School's that would provide an alternative education to disruptive students.
Called the Alternative Education Plan, students who are disruptive in class would att-tend school beginning at 1:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Currently, a certified teacher providing instruction in the core curriculum - math, English, science and social studies. The project will also concentrate on work skills and school to work skills, said school superintendent Kathy Eaton.
According to Poplar School administration, who met with he Health/Education Commit-ee on Oct. 29, there are about 30 students deemed disrup-
Kathy Eaton was cited for her outstanding efforts in meeting the educational needs of the A-merican Indian students.
tive, with 15 of them considered a high risk to drop out. We envisioned working with 15 students, but we're starting with 6, she said.
The students are not bad, but they have special needs and are not special education kids, said Ms. Eaton, but they cannot function in mainstream classes.
Former Poplar Middle School teacher Pete Williams has been hired for the project, which officially started on Monday, Nov. 9. The students are in grades 6th-8th.
A regular bus route and food service is provided, said Ms Eaton. The students go to school for 4 days, and will attend parenting classes on Fridays with a parent.
What concerned me was the 8th grade dropouts that no one talks about, said Ms. Eaton, and that's where it (dropping out) starts.
If anyone has any questions or concerns, she said they are free to contact her or any of the administration.
Councilmembers had praise for the pilot program.
This is the first time any school on the reservation is doing this, said councilman Gene Culbertson. It goes to show how school superintendent Kathy Eaton is promot-
(Highlights - Page 12)
Tribal arts focus of FPCC week-long workshop
Coming from a family of quill workers, headers, parafleche makers and quilters, it's only natural Arthur Amiotte continue on with the family and tribal traditions.
Amiotte, an Oglala from Pine Ridge, S.D. and a retired university professor, has taken years of knowledge and formed it into his presentation titled, "Cultural and Tribal Arts of the Northern Plains."
He's also considered one of the first pioneers in education to use Native traditions in arts education, and studied with internationally-known artist Oscar Howe.
In 1981, he earned his Masters degree in anthropology and art history, and studied with author Joseph Epps Brown, co-author of Black Elk Speaks.
The workshop is being offered by Fort Peck Community College in Poplar this week and
Amiotte is both and artist whose work expresses his Oglala origins and scholar whose writing explores Sioux traditons.
concludes Friday.
Amiotte's presentation begins with a look at the gamut of tribes who resided in the Northern Plains since 900 A.D., and how these tribes arrived in the area.
The area included in this geographical area includes the states of Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska and the Dakotas.
Among these tribes are the Lakota, Dakota, Nakota and Assiniboine who live on the Fort Peck Reservation.
Among the first people on the Northern Plains were the Mandan, who settled along the Missouri River in
(Art - Page 11)

Remembering a Full Warrior
Cousin tells his story In My Opinion - P. 4
In Honor of native Ainerirun Trackers
Weekly series on Native American teachers - P. 11
Wolves liomleil 1st loss in semi-finals
Girls basketball teams head to districts Photos & Brackets - 2nd Section
BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID, POPLAR,
MT 59255 Permit No'. 6
50C
Wo tan in Wowapi
November �2.1998
Poplar, Montana - Fort Peck Reservation
Vol.29 NO. 44
Ninth Circuit Court: tribes cannot enforce tribal preference
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that "tribal preference" - not "Indian preference - violates Title VII of the Indian Civil Rights Act, according to information provided to the Tribal Executive Board.
On Sept. 14, the Ninth Circuit Court ruled in a case that originated on the Navajo Reservation that tribal preference is against the law, except in 93-638 federal contracts administered by tribes. "Indian preference is still there, but not tribal preference under the ruling" said Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board member Caleb Shields.
1st major winter storm hits
Tribal preference is "another form of discrimination against particular groups of Indians."
The defendant in the case has petitioned for a rehearing, so the court may reconsider the ruling. Additionally, the Navajo Nation is filing a "friend of the court" brief in support of the rehearing. The Fort Peck Tribes' Executive Board is also considering supporting a rehearing.
In the case, the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, which owns and operates a
generating station on the Navajo Reservation, denied an interview to a Hopi tribal member. The company's lease requires they grant employment preference to Navajos living on the reservation. The Hopi filed a complaint against the company that they engaged in "national origin" discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights
(Tribal - Page 12)
area
The first major winter storm of the season dropped up to 4-6 inches of snow on the east
end of the reservation and enough ice to send cars into ditches.
The storm, which hit the area Monday, blasted into North Dakota on Wednesday, knocking down power lines and closing schools, offices and business for several days.
But northeastern Montana was only hit by the edge of the storm, enough to slow traffic and business for a day.
Warmer weather will move into the area by Friday and mmay melt most of the snow that fell in the past week, said Ruth Ebert, a meteorologist
(Storm - Page 12)
Neither cold nor snow could prevent this young lad from clearing the walkway as the reservation experienced it's first bout with La Nina's devastating blow.
SBTC earns 2nd consecutive 3-year national accreditation
The staff at Spotted Bull Treatment Center received a letter of congratulations from Montana Gov. Marc Racicot and the Billings Area Indian Health Service after the center received accreditation once again from a national agency.
This month, Spotted Bull was awarded its second consecutive three-year accreditation from CARF, an agency which evaluates treatment centers across the
country.
The accrediation is good through the year 2001, said Director Karen Duboise.
"It had to be all of us working together or else we wouldn't have attained this" said Duboise, head of the center since 1990.
The grueling accrediation process came to a peak Aug. 18 and 19, when CARF evaluators visited the center and its 25 employees in
Poplar.
"This wasn't just a drop in the hat" Duboise said of the accreditation. "A lot of hard work went into this. They (evaluators) looked especially at the safety area we provide and the quality of care we provide. That played a major role" she added.
The governor's letter came in the mail last week and
(SBTC - Page 12)
3 recommend by Commission as cops
The Tribes 3-member Police Commission selected 3 tribal officers who will be hired if they pass the final two hurdles - a drug test and a phycholo-gical exam.
Selected for the final round were Antoinette Shields, Poplar, and Cvnthia Barr and Warren Weston, both of Wolf Point. They were determined to be the best qualified, said Public Safety director Abe Greybear to the Tribal Executive Board's Law & Justice Committee this week.
There were 47 applicants for
4 vacancies on the Tribes' police force, which were narrowed down to 11 by the commission. No names were looked at, only qualifications until the 11 were selected, said Greybear. Letters were sent to the final 11 for oral interviews, and only 5 showed up, he said. Besides the interview, they also went through a 3-hour orientation on firearms, presented by Captain Dale Headdress, and all of them passed.
We now want to look at new applicants before the fourth
vacancy is filled, said Greybear. The police officer positions are continuously advertised to keep a pool of applicants ready.
It was noted that two of those selected - Barr and Weston - were non-tribal members, but they do support tribal families. Barr showed up for the 4 hour test scheduled in Brockton that the tribal police were opposed to taking, and she passed it, said Greybear.
(Cops - Page 2)
In honor of Veterans Day a feed was hosted by the Nathan Crazy Bull Post 54 Ladies Auxiliary. Veterans Chuck Eagleman, Larry Youngman and Kenny Shields were among those who attended and participated in the day's events. For more photos see page 3.
Council Highlights -
TEB supports Alternative Education pilot project
\y Bonnie Red Elk Wotanin Editor
The Tribal Executive Board
ent on record 9-0 to support , pilot project proposed by the Peylar School's that would provide an alternative education to disruptive students.
Called the Alternative Education Plan, students who are disruptive in class would att-tend school beginning at 1:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Currently, a certified teacher providing instruction in the core curriculum - math, English, science and social studies. The project will also concentrate on work skills and school to work skills, said school superintendent Kathy Eaton.
According to Poplar School administration, who met with he Health/Education Commit-ee on Oct. 29, there are about 30 students deemed disrup-
Kathy Eaton was cited for her outstanding efforts in meeting the educational needs of the A-merican Indian students.
tive, with 15 of them considered a high risk to drop out. We envisioned working with 15 students, but we're starting with 6, she said.
The students are not bad, but they have special needs and are not special education kids, said Ms. Eaton, but they cannot function in mainstream classes.
Former Poplar Middle School teacher Pete Williams has been hired for the project, which officially started on Monday, Nov. 9. The students are in grades 6th-8th.
A regular bus route and food service is provided, said Ms Eaton. The students go to school for 4 days, and will attend parenting classes on Fridays with a parent.
What concerned me was the 8th grade dropouts that no one talks about, said Ms. Eaton, and that's where it (dropping out) starts.
If anyone has any questions or concerns, she said they are free to contact her or any of the administration.
Councilmembers had praise for the pilot program.
This is the first time any school on the reservation is doing this, said councilman Gene Culbertson. It goes to show how school superintendent Kathy Eaton is promot-
(Highlights - Page 12)
Tribal arts focus of FPCC week-long workshop
Coming from a family of quill workers, headers, parafleche makers and quilters, it's only natural Arthur Amiotte continue on with the family and tribal traditions.
Amiotte, an Oglala from Pine Ridge, S.D. and a retired university professor, has taken years of knowledge and formed it into his presentation titled, "Cultural and Tribal Arts of the Northern Plains."
He's also considered one of the first pioneers in education to use Native traditions in arts education, and studied with internationally-known artist Oscar Howe.
In 1981, he earned his Masters degree in anthropology and art history, and studied with author Joseph Epps Brown, co-author of Black Elk Speaks.
The workshop is being offered by Fort Peck Community College in Poplar this week and
Amiotte is both and artist whose work expresses his Oglala origins and scholar whose writing explores Sioux traditons.
concludes Friday.
Amiotte's presentation begins with a look at the gamut of tribes who resided in the Northern Plains since 900 A.D., and how these tribes arrived in the area.
The area included in this geographical area includes the states of Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska and the Dakotas.
Among these tribes are the Lakota, Dakota, Nakota and Assiniboine who live on the Fort Peck Reservation.
Among the first people on the Northern Plains were the Mandan, who settled along the Missouri River in
(Art - Page 11)